'Til Your River Runs Dry (CD)

Eric Burdon

Amoeba Review

01/28/2013

The spirited growl that took The Animals through songs like “It’s My Life” is back on TIl Your River Runs Dry. With age Burdon’s throaty voice has gained the gravitas to take on big themes like water issues (“Water”), praising the peacekeepers (“Memorial Day”) and issuing warning to those who would take “hope I die before I get old” to heart (“27 Forever”). Gospel-tinged blues suits Burdon’s voice well, pouring blues licks like thick syrup over Burdon’s sudden falsetto in “Devil and Jesus.” Buron details both internal and external struggles brilliantly on Till Your River Runs Dry.